| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Niue
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CP.TAQAKI
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Taaki
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Uproot, pull up. To be pulled up by the roots (as a tree) (McE).
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Samoan
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MP.TAKUU
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Toʔuu
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Adze (used for scooping out, hollowing out canoes, etc.)
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Tongan
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MP.TAKUU
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Toku
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Yam and breadfruit cutter of turtleshell or hard wood
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Rarotongan
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PN.TAKULUA
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Takurua
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A feast; a luxury food or delicacy
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Penrhyn
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FJ.TAKUPU
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Tapuku
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Brown morph of red-footed booby (Sula sula)
Phonologically Irregular
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Pukapuka
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FJ.TAKUPU
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Takupu
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Red-footed Booby (Sula sula). Adult Red-footed Booby, esp. brown morph (Sby).
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Anuta
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PN.TALA.1
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Tara
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Barb of spear, fish-hook etc
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Anuta
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FJ.TALA.3
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Ta/tara/
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To open something; to untie (a box, door, parcel, or similar object); to turn on (tape recorder, radio); to forgive
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Hawaiian
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FJ.TALA.3
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Kala
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Loosen, untie, free, release
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New Zealand Maori
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FJ.TALA.3
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Tara
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Loosen, separate
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Rarotongan
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FJ.TALA.3
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Tara
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Loose, untied, not fastened, separated
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Tikopia
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FJ.TALA.3
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Tara
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Untie, loosen, unwrap
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Tuamotu
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FJ.TALA.3
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Tara
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Detached, undone, loosed, released
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Waya
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FJ.TALA.3
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Tala
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Remove goods or cargo from a container or place
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Manihiki-Rakahanga
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PN.TALA.4
|
Tara
|
Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata)
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Marquesas
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PN.TALA.4
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Taʔa (MQS), tara (MQN), taraka (Ua Pou)
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Tern. Sterne fuligineuse, oiseau de la famille des laridés. Sooty tern, Sterna fuscata. Sterne à dos gris; Spectacled (Gray-backed) Tern, Sterna lunata. (Atl).
Phonologically Irregular
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Penrhyn
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PN.TALA.4
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Tara
|
Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata)
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Rarotongan
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PN.TALA.4
|
Tara
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Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata) (common on Suwarrow)
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Takuu
|
PN.TALA.4
|
Tara fora
|
Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata)
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Tikopia
|
PN.TALA.4
|
Tara
|
Sooty tern (Sterna fuscata)
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Tokelau
|
PN.TALA.4
|
Tala(gogo)
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Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata)
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Pukapuka
|
PN.TARA
|
Tala
|
Side of house roof
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West Futuna
|
PN.TARA
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Tara
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Stick above door, lintel (Gunn).
Problematic
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Ifira-Mele
|
OC.TALAI
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Taarai
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Scoop out banana flesh
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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OC.TALAI
|
Talai/a
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Cut (e.g. a tree or some food for distribution in the family or village)
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Pukapuka
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OC.TALAI
|
Talai
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Hew, carve, shape wood
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Rotuman
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OC.TALAI
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Tara
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Whittle, pare, shave or carve (wood etc.);peel with a knife
Problematic
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Nuguria
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PN.TAALAKI
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Taaraki
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Open (vt) [ex. door, mouth]
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Penrhyn
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PN.TALAAO
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Toroo
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Honeycomb rock cod, honeycomb grouper (Epinephelus merra)
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Tuamotu
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CC.TAA-REWA
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Taareva
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Loose an arrow, hurl a spear
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New Zealand Maori
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AN.TALI.3A
|
Tari
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A mode of plaiting with several strands; noose for catching birds etc.
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Rennellese
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AN.TALI.3A
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Haka/tagi/
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Sennit noose for snaring sharks
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Tuamotu
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AN.TALI.3A
|
Tari
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Noose for catching birds, eels etc.; to ensnare
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Fijian
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??.TALI.6
|
Dari
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A sort of dish or plate, round and deep, without legs, made of wood
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Emae
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AN.TALIGA
|
Taaliga
|
Mushroom
Borrowed
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Tahitian
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AN.TALO.1
|
Taro
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Plante (Colocasia esculenta). The root Arum esculentum, of which there are many varieties (Dvs).
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Rarotongan
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CP.TALO.2
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Taro
|
Incantation before food
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Easter Island
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OC.TAMA.1A
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Tama
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Sprout, shoot. Retoño o vástago de la caña de azúcar. Sugar cane shoot or sprout. (Fts).
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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East Futuna
|
PN.TAMA.2
|
Tama
|
Arrowroot grater
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Nuguria
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PN.TAMA-QA-FINE
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Tamaahine
|
Young unmarried women, girls (from 10-12 years to legal adulthood)
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Tokelau
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NP.TAMA-QITI
|
Tamaiti
|
Child; offspring; childhood, youth; immature, young
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Hawaiian
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CE.TAAMAKA
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Kaamaʔa
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Sandals or other footwear
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Rarotongan
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CE.TAAMAKA
|
Taamaka
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Sandal, climbing-loop, footwear
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Samoan
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PN.TAMAKI.1
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Taamaʔi
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Beat, abuse ; luck, good fortune
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Anuta
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XO.TAMAKI.2
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Tamaki
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Very much, extremely, too much
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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OC.TAMANU
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Tamanu
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A big tree in the bush with small flowers; the wood is used for building canoes
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New Zealand Maori
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TA.TAMATEA
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Tamatea
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Nights of the moon's first quarter
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Rarotongan
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TA.TAMATEA
|
Tamatea
|
Fourth to sixth nights of the moon
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Tahitian
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TA.TAMATEA
|
Tamatea
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Ninth night of the moon . Nom de trois nuits du calendrier lunaire
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Hawaiian
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PN.TAA-MATE-A
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Kaa make loa
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To dash to death, hurl down...; to doom to death
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